Aquariums of Pyongyang

Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag. Written by:Chol-hwan Kang, Pierre RigoulotA Gulag is a concentration camp/forced labor camp.

Favorite Quote: "His story* - which is equally the story of my family and of all those who leapt so confidently into the maw** of misfortune - mostly demonstrates the force of human illusion and its awesome power to render us utterly blind." p.24*Kim Yong-ghil; a Korean opera singer who left Japan for N. Korea**maw= the jaws or throat of a voracious animal